Homestead Longings

Early Saturday Morning

I got up about 2 hours earlier than usual this morning and I can't really say I am at all pleased with that. My neck is in pain again. I just stopped physical therapy. Blah. I am hoping that by the end of the day it will be feeling much better. Even though I will be out most to all of today, it has the potential to be a very restful day. Ending with an appointment to get my hair done this afternoon. That is a major treat for me. I am pretty sure that I can count on my 10 fingers how many times I have been to an actual salon in my life. One was in December when I decided to try out a body wave perm. I like it. But now it is falling out and hubby will be home for leave in a little over 2 weeks.

Praise God for the rain! I have been wanting to get a rain barrell for quite a while now. Well, I found some locally about a month ago and had the money to get one right before the rains hit. I am so happy that I did. Now I have a rain barrell filled to the brim sitting just across from my garden. I was so excited about the rain, but I must admit that now I want it to soak in and get warm out! I have so many projects that I want to work on.

I took the time we were housebound from the rain to work on some organizing indoors, though. I decided it was time to purge and declutter. But this time I had picked up some white labels from the store and carried that and some sharpies around with me. I use just about anything to store things in. Like old shoe boxes and various sizes of plastic bins. So, as I put things in and up, I labeled everything. Even the school supply closet is neatly organized and every drawer is labeled. I am mildly proud of myself. I am not really close to being done, but I can see so much progress already.

Next I am going to try my own version of that "Managers Of Their Homes" schedule. I downloaded the blank forms from their site and altered it some. Always trying to find something that will work for our odd schedules. I told a friend the other day that I am just stepping back and re-evaluating. Everything was working before, but it just didn't feel very efficient.

Well, I guess it is about that time to go wake up the kiddos. Especially if they might like to eat something before we leave, hehe. God bless you all today.